KenPom 2020-2021 KenPom Rankings Thread

[jayschool]

7 minutes ago, Chuck Taylor said:

Wow, I guess it didn't occur to me that our best win before yesterday was at home against ND State (154). 

 

What a weird year, Penn State is 39 in NET just because the BIG is loaded. They have home wins against Wisconsin, Rutgers and Maryland and that's about it. You can be an average team and win half your conference home games, so it's not like they've really proved anything. That's one of things that has been so frustrating this year: OK, we're not great but we still  should have been able to win 4-5 conference games.

 

 

Penn State beat Va Tech 75-55 in Blacksburg, and Va Tech is at 34 in the NET

[HuskerFever]

15 minutes ago, Chuck Taylor said:

You can be an average team and win half your conference home games, so it's not like they've really proved anything.

 

You can be an above average team, going 13-5 in conference play and 22 wins on the season, then being told you really haven't proved anything because "the conference is down this year."

[Chuck Taylor]

1 hour ago, jayschool said:

Penn State beat Va Tech 75-55 in Blacksburg, and Va Tech is at 34 in the NET

Oops, missed that. I stand corrected.

[49r]

We're up to #108 tonight.

[hhcmatt]

[HuskerFever]

"Hey Google, does the CBI still exist?"

[AuroranHusker]

9 minutes ago, HuskerFever said:

"Hey Google, does the CBI still exist?"

 

Haha, I had the same thought. But then I figured NU would still need to string together some more wins to even get to the CBI....

 

[49r]

We're 138 in the NET, so postseason of any kind is not an option.

[HuskerFever]

7 minutes ago, 49r said:

We're 138 in the NET, so postseason of any kind is not an option.

 

 

(But, yeah, totally no chance.)

[hskr4life]

11 minutes ago, 49r said:

We're 138 in the NET, so postseason of any kind is not an option.

 

We should make the Big 10 tourney!

[49r]

Another win, so another KenPom update was in order I thought.  It'll be a tall order, but if we can manage a win against Rutgers, we may see double digits by the end of the season.  Other than us jumping 10 spots there hasn't be much if any change except Georgia Tech.  They're really climbing the ranks after dropping as low as 90 to start off the season.

 

Here is today's KenPom update:

KenPom rankings as of 2-28-21
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B1G (2-14):
2. Michigan - L
5. Iowa
6. Illinois - L, L
7. Ohio State - L
12. Wisconsin - L, L
14. Purdue - L
26. Rutgers
29. Maryland - L, L
37. Indiana - L
40. Penn State - W, L
58. Minnesota - L, W
59. Michigan State - L, L
72. Northwestern
108. Nebraska

Non-Conference (4-3):
335. McNeese State - W

 

---Golden Window Classic---
94. Nevada - L
159. North Dakota State - W

 

171. South Dakota - W

 

---B1G/ACC Challenge---
32. Georgia Tech - L

 

15. Creighton - L

NR. Doane - W

[Chuck Taylor]

The CIT tournament was canceled and the CBI is "exploring possibilities."

[49r]

I'll probably do an update tomorrow because why not...but in the meantime...

 

 

[AuroranHusker]

[49r]

Another day, another quad 1 win for our Huskers.  It's nice to see us back in the two digit club again.  Hopefully we can stay there for good now.  Not much has changed since last update except for Rutgers dropping 10 spots.

 

Here is today's KenPom update:

KenPom rankings as of 3-02-21
=======================

 

B1G (3-14):
2. Michigan - L
5. Iowa
6. Illinois - L, L
7. Ohio State - L
11. Wisconsin - L, L
13. Purdue - L
26. Maryland - L, L
32. Rutgers - W
37. Indiana - L
40. Penn State - W, L
57. Minnesota - L, W
63. Michigan State - L, L
73. Northwestern
92. Nebraska

Non-Conference (4-3):
333. McNeese State - W

 

---Golden Window Classic---
97. Nevada - L
144. North Dakota State - W

 

178. South Dakota - W

 

---B1G/ACC Challenge---
30. Georgia Tech - L

 

14. Creighton - L

NR. Doane - W

[49r]

Also, check out the @KenPom top 20 sorted by strength of schedule.  This is ridiculous, every Big Ten team is in the top 16:

 

Data through games of Monday, March 1 (3768 games)

													Strength of Schedule						NCSOS
Rk	Team	Conf	W-L	AdjEM	AdjO		AdjD		AdjT		Luck		AdjEM		OppO		OppD		AdjEM
73	Northwestern	B10	7-14	+12.25	106.3	119	94.0	43	69.2	149	-.132	349	+19.94	1	114.0	1	94.0	2	-19.44	328
40	Penn St.	B10	8-13	+16.81	112.1	38	95.2	58	69.8	117	-.058	293	+19.52	2	112.7	2	93.2	1	+11.15	39
37	Indiana	B10	12-12	+17.45	111.5	46	94.0	44	66.5	283	-.030	244	+17.29	3	111.6	6	94.3	4	+8.07	69
92	Nebraska	B10	7-17	+9.26	101.9	190	92.6	33	72.2	39	-.120	344	+17.06	4	112.1	4	95.0	9	+3.90	130
53	Kentucky	SEC	8-14	+15.73	107.8	93	92.1	25	68.2	201	-.125	346	+16.60	5	111.3	9	94.7	5	+15.01	15
32	Rutgers	B10	13-10	+18.19	109.2	74	91.0	18	67.9	214	+.011	144	+16.49	6	112.4	3	95.9	23	-6.30	281
57	Minnesota	B10	13-12	+15.14	111.6	44	96.5	73	70.1	103	+.028	114	+16.31	7	111.3	8	95.0	8	-1.02	210
7	Ohio St.	B10	18-7	+25.56	122.6	3	97.0	82	67.4	247	+.006	154	+16.09	8	110.8	13	94.7	6	+2.09	161
13	Purdue	B10	16-8	+22.90	113.4	24	90.5	14	66.7	274	+.013	139	+15.96	9	111.4	7	95.5	17	+5.17	109
63	Michigan St.	B10	13-10	+13.84	108.4	81	94.5	51	68.9	163	+.102	22	+15.96	10	112.0	5	96.0	24	-0.81	208
158	Iowa St.	B12	2-18	+1.02	101.9	188	100.9	145	70.0	112	-.124	345	+15.87	11	111.0	11	95.1	10	+2.31	157
6	Illinois	B10	18-6	+27.48	118.1	10	90.6	16	71.0	72	+.008	153	+15.73	12	110.9	12	95.2	12	+7.95	73
26	Maryland	B10	15-10	+20.25	112.7	28	92.5	30	65.4	324	-.010	204	+15.66	13	109.8	22	94.2	3	-1.65	221
11	Wisconsin	B10	16-9	+23.30	112.1	37	88.8	7	65.3	325	-.020	223	+15.30	14	110.4	15	95.1	11	+0.79	183
5	Iowa	B10	18-7	+29.51	124.9	2	95.4	59	69.8	115	-.040	266	+15.07	15	110.3	16	95.3	14	-5.48	272
2	Michigan	B10	18-1	+33.93	121.6	5	87.7	4	67.7	226	+.036	98	+14.96	16	111.0	10	96.0	26	+2.48	154
18	Kansas	B12	18-8	+22.18	111.1	50	89.0	8	68.6	182	+.024	120	+14.56	17	110.2	17	95.7	19	+11.47	37
48	Missouri	SEC	14-7	+16.04	111.8	41	95.8	64	69.0	161	+.100	25	+13.81	18	109.0	36	95.2	13	+8.99	60
66	Notre Dame	ACC	9-13	+13.35	115.7	15	102.3	176	67.2	255	-.085	325	+13.77	19	110.6	14	96.8	41	+13.34	24
95	South Carolina	SEC	6-12	+8.97	106.1	122	97.2	85	74.7	5	-.071	311	+13.72	20	109.2	34	95.5	18	+8.86	62

[NUtball]

No wonder Michigan is doing so well.  They have the easiest schedule of all B1G teams. 

[tcp]

that SOS list is crazytown. 

[Fullbacksympathy]

We have zero bad losses this season.  

 

Let that sink in.  There are 17 of them.  

[HuskerFever]

11 minutes ago, LK1 said:

We have zero bad losses this season.  

 

Let that sink in.  There are 17 of them.  

 

Nevada still haunts me to this day.

[tcp]

25 minutes ago, HuskerFever said:

 

Nevada still haunts me to this day.

 

that was the preview of things to come, though, and most of us knew what kind of a year we were in for after that. 

 

still, I'm loving this finish. it's what this program desperately needed (and us fans, too). That sliver of light just keeps getting just a bit bigger with each week. And if we can see it, so can the players. It probably will come down to roster turnover at seasons end as to whether or not we're actually at a program corner right now or just humping more pyrite.

[hhcmatt]

51 minutes ago, LK1 said:

We have zero bad losses this season.  

 

Let that sink in.  There are 17 of them.  

 

Nevada loss counts as a Quad 3 loss. 

[HuskerFever]

17 minutes ago, tcp said:

44 minutes ago, HuskerFever said:

 

Nevada still haunts me to this day.

 

that was the preview of things to come, though, and most of us knew what kind of a year we were in for after that. 

 

still, I'm loving this finish. it's what this program desperately needed (and us fans, too). That sliver of light just keeps getting just a bit bigger with each week. And if we can see it, so can the players. It probably will come down to roster turnover at seasons end as to whether or not we're actually at a program corner right now or just humping more pyrite.

 

I suppose we come from two different perspectives, but also seems we've come to terms on the season in very similar ways.

 

I get things wrong a lot, so it's nice to see the season (and our opponents) shaking up the way it has. You can see via the first HHCC prediction that I was estimating this team would get 8 wins (technically 7-8 since we shifted to a percentage, but my true target was 8). And I was very vocal about Nevada and Georgia Tech when those opponents were coming up on our schedule. Nevada was just not a quality team and I mentioned that Georgia Tech was a tournament/bubble team at the least. So I wasn't too upset about a loss to Georgia Tech that many thought was a terrible loss.

 

That said, I overestimated how bad we could get in this season and underestimated the progress we were able to make in the latter half of the season. At the start of the season, my only expectation was "improvement" (which included things like shooting %, free throws, gelling as a team). We were awful in all those categories and it really felt like a waste of a chance to make real progress with a marquee incoming class. But that changed for me after the COVID break. We lost many games, but we were in many of those games. Now we're starting to find our stride and "improvement" is actually looking like an actuality going into next season. Makes me very excited for where we could go into 2021-2022.

 

Edited March 4, 2021 by HuskerFever

[Fullbacksympathy]

2 minutes ago, hhcmatt said:

 

Nevada loss counts as a Quad 3 loss. 

 

Yeah I was on the fence about calling a top 100 KP a bad loss, but I won't die on that hill.  

 

I wonder if we'll go up in KP regardless of a win tonight.  I think our final standings there will be a pretty good benchmark of how much the team has improved since last year, which is crazy to say.  

[hskr4life]

1 hour ago, LK1 said:

We have zero bad losses this season.  

 

Let that sink in.  There are 17 of them.  

 

All I hear is that we're at least NIT bound.